Wish LinkedIn would remind you to wish your favorite client a happy birthday? LinkedIn has introduced a new feature called LinkedIn Contacts, to help users better manage their relationships with their professional contacts. Call it CRM for professional networkers. Using… Read More

Here’s part of an article with the above title from Publishing Perspectives: Gabriel García Márquez (aka Gabo to his friends), possibly the best known contemporary Latin American writer beyond the Spanish speaking frontiers, is having an eventful 2012 — it’s… Read More

By Julieta Lionetti Gabriel García Márquez (aka Gabo to his friends), possibly the best known contemporary Latin American writer beyond the Spanish speaking frontiers, is having an eventful 2012 — it’s the 60th anniversary of his first professional publication, a… Read More

By Dennis Abrams November 18th saw the release of Disney-Hyperion’s debut e-book original novel, Confession of a High School Vampire: Birth by the pseudonymous Siona McCabre. Aimed at young adults, the eBook is based on the I… Read More

A free WEBcast presented by Digital Book World and Publishers Weekly The ebook marketplace has growing potential, but small publishers have limited resources to mine new opportunities. In houses with fewer employees, decision makers need to make important decisions about… Read More

In an earlier column listing UX bookshelf titles, I said that inspiration sometimes comes from surprising sources.  Last month’s surprise was the outstanding but short-lived show from the American Folk Art Museum in Manhattan: “Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red… Read More

Chris Walters has posted an interesting and provocative post over at Booksprung in which he investigates ways that publishing fanfic could be made “legal”. In particular, he envisions a two-step process in which the body of a derivative work is… Read More

At first glance, Brian S. Pratt of Boswell, Oklahoma doesn’t fit the stereotypical profile of a best-selling author. Yet he, and others Smashwords authors like him, represent the future of publishing. Pratt began publishing with Smashwords in early 2009. His… Read More

The Roundtable is a live, interactive webcast gathering some of the most outspoken industry professionals to debate the hottest publishing issues of the week, as being discussed in traditional media, the blogiverse and on Twitter. From celebrity book deals to… Read More

Digital Book World presents a weekly round-up of some of the most interesting news, commentary and tweets related to publishing that you may have missed, from all over the digital book world: The Future of Publishing: Like Minds Andrew Davies, … Read More